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“Why, of course," objected Stepan Arkadyevitch. "But that's just the aim of civilization—to make everything a source of enjoyment.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“People can’t really multitask; all we can do is shift attention back and forth between tasks while wasting a lot of it on each shift.[”
― The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
― The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“The aim of civilization is to enable us to get enjoyment out of everything.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
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